Dear friends,
1) SZ is a pioneer in many respects. SZ Pension Cell
& AOOS/Per dealing with mediclaim display a reasonably high degree
of empathy towards pensioners.The directions from RMOS &
down
the line, Secretary & AS ,& above all the concept of
recognising & treating Pensioneres & treating them as FOUNDERS
have had a salutary effect on the working of the Dept. We, in our
meetings
with RMOS & other functionaries point out some grievances or issues
& these are addressed to with care & concern .WE have been
releasing many forward-looking & progressive
measures
,initiated by ZOOS Dept, at our request & of their own ,using
programmes embedded for Pensioners progress & welfare & deriving
such Lists needed to initiate & followup
such initiatives to its logical conclusion.
2)ZOPCell is attending last few months a very vital &
critical issue concerning both Regular Pensioners & Family
pensioners .That is , it is surprising & shocking , pensioners have
not
taken
adequate care to make NOMINATIONS ,& now,ZOPC extracted the List
for RP & FP separately ,sent Nomination Form with instructions,
Nomination Form provides for Alternate Nominee
too,
as aged pensioners, anything can happen & so automatically
provision of Alternate Nominee also to be registered by OS Dept will
fulfil that task & families of pensioners need not worry, for
lack
of title, which otherwise, would have been a serious lacuna &
botheration to receive any outstanding amount from LIC, mediclaim
balance, arrears etc. Lot of progress has taken place .
3)It is remarkable, ZOOS also took up simultaneously, at our
request, on our Joint delegation of 6 RIEA Chennai members, that wonders
can happen in fastest & prompt communication
if
ALL pensioners supply their Mobile No, to send SMS, whenever necessary
on any issue affecting pensioners, & ALSO Email ids, to send email
to pensioners, after many of pensioners
problems
solved or any intimation about Pension credit, Mediclaim credit or
whatever timely,which will curtail posting delay & create smiles
& satisfaction to pensioners & families.These 3 items
of
activity will promote nearness, friendliness between OS Dept ZO/DOs
& pensioners Pension credit comes like a Flash, on Mobile &
Email id ,so too Hly revision of pension after DR slabs are
announced also, intimation is released
4)SZPCell this year introduced 1st time Income Tax Review much
in advance, in December/ January itself with replica of Form 16,Yly
pension ,any other like 40 % IR,Mediclaim premium ,
whatever
details of investment with full particulars & evidence pensioners
gave,under Sec 80 C etc ,requesting us to return the IT calculated with
Pensioners covering letter or email & an
opportunity
to reduce IT ,as time was there much before March 2017,This was, to say
the least, a pleasant & progressive step , to facilitate pensioners
tax planning & real good empathy
with
OS PC joining hands with pensioners , to reduce woes & tax worries.
WE salute SZO OS Dept for this noble & gracious assignment taken
upon themselves
5)Now, SZO has already initiated issuance of letters with
Enclosures from 20 April 2017 on DIGITAL LIFE CERTIFICATE Jeevan Pramaan
for Existence Certificate to enable Pension
payment
& coming into effect from 1 August 2017.all over India..The form
sent by OSDept duly signed & completed has to be sent alongwitha
SELF-ATTESTED copy of Aadhaar CARD with
number,
of course, to seed the AAdhaar number in LIC Records permanently This
will be another good step taken by LIC CO on similar lines like what Hon
PM initiated .
Manual
Existence Certificate also will continue for THOSE who are ,now, not
able to conform to this changeover,which is a most welcome step to
pensioners to avoid PHYSICAl movement
to produce EC & submit to LIC OS dept
6)These matters affecting pensioners have to be REPLICATED all
over LIC Zones/DOs to have tremendous positive effect on pensioners
lives,with so many problems unresolved at
policy
making level,which may take time, but these liittle little but very
crucial measures have to be stepped up & speeded vigorously to make
Pensioners lives sublime
Greetings,
RBKISHORE
VP, AIRIEF
Las Vegas
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